and lindsey graham by the end by the time with mary he seemed to agree with the premise do it before florida and ohio. >> well, winning helps. and cruz has demonstrated an ability to get voters to commit to him even if the party is so hesitant to do so. now that he's racking up some wins and republicans looking seriously at this and worried about what could happen if trump is the nominee are seeing cruz as a disciplined reliable conservative. in this atmosphere that's something -- >> bad saturday for marco rubio turning into a disastrous sunday. >> using an old template on this. it's not republican, democrat, independents, it's the country class versus the ruling class and ted cruz was on the trajectory to be the country class, which expands the electorate exponentially at cpac again he got the youth, the libertarians, he's a full spectrum conservative, but he's also not somebody who plays the washington game. he will expand the electorate for republicans. >> i think lindsey graham is speaking out of self-preservation here. one thing i think you can say cruz at the top of the ticket